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Matt Hougan, CIO at Bitwise, believes Coinbase could become a $1 trillion company fueled by strategic advantages shaped by past regulatory changes. The previous U.S. administration’s “War on Crypto” unintentionally created a regulatory moat around Coinbase limiting competition and allowing the company to thrive. This environment helped Coinbase maintain strong profit margins while expanding into new market verticals.
Coinbase did not just benefit from favorable conditions but actively seized the opportunity with sharp execution and resilience. The company aggressively defended itself against regulatory challenges while scaling its operations with precision. This combination of strategic defense and growth has solidified Coinbase’s position as a dominant force in the crypto industry.
With the current regulatory environment evolving Coinbase stands in an incredibly strong position to extend its leadership. As crypto adoption continues to rise Coinbase’s growth trajectory looks unstoppable positioning it among the largest financial firms globally. This is not just a success story but a testament to the transformative power of crypto.
Florida Senator Joe Gruters has put forward a bold proposal aiming to allocate a portion of state funds to Bitcoin and other digital assets. This move seeks to harness Bitcoin’s potential to act as a buffer against the ongoing inflation troubling state finances. By investing in the cryptocurrency sector, Florida stands to enhance the value and security of its financial reserves.
Senator Gruters emphasizes Bitcoin’s successful adoption by leading asset managers like BlackRock and Fidelity. These firms recognize Bitcoin as a viable hedge against inflation. According to recent statements, Bitcoin not only promises high returns but also stands as a global medium of exchange increasing in both value and acceptance.
The bill suggests that Florida’s chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis could direct investments into the general reserve fund and other state-managed trust funds. Yet to maintain fiscal prudence, Bitcoin’s allocation would be capped at 10% within any given account. This strategy mirrors actions taken by other states, positioning Florida as a leader in institutionalizing cryptocurrency investments.
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El Salvador is still Bitcoin country, despite the fact that bitcoin is no longer legal tender in the country — at least from where I’m sitting.
Let’s start with some background on the matter.
On January 29, 2025, the Legislative Assembly in El Salvador voted to remove bitcoin’s status as legal tender.
This means that businesses in the country no longer have to accept bitcoin (not that this rule was ever strictly enforced while bitcoin…
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The US Treasury Department issued its quarterly refunding statement this week. As Felix alluded to yesterday, this is where officials announce their debt issuance plans for the coming quarter.
The Treasury will be holding auction sizes steady “for at least the next several quarters,” the latest statement read. Treasury yields, in response, slid. 10-year yields were hovering around 4.5% Friday while the 2-year rose to 4.28%.
Normally, higher yields mean lower stocks, like we saw in 2022 when the 10-year rose to over 4% and the S&P 500 ended the year almost 20% lower.
In…
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Story is a sovereign layer-1 blockchain built using the Cosmos SDK and CometBFT consensus, with an added EVM execution — a custom Geth fork. This choice allows for full governance control, optimized execution for intellectual property workflows and a staking economy based on the $IP token.
Standard blockchain environments — even high-performance chains like Solana — struggle with modeling the recursive licensing structures that intellectual property ecosystems require, the team said. Story’s unique graph-based architecture is specifically designed to handle the complex relationships between intellectual property assets, the team said.
While Story Protocol’s vision of a…
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